Theresa Pressley has just moved from Philadelphia to the Ivy Woods neighborhood, somewhere in suburban Virginia outside of Washington, D.C. Her husband, Adam Wallace, is the new principal at the local high school where their daughter also is attending. Their house is on Ivy Woods Lane in a coveted cul-de-sac, one where Theresa had always… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski @TaraLWrites @HarlequinBooks @andi_arndt @TeriSchnaubelt @EmilyLawr
Investigative reporter Maxine (Max) Revere receives a heartfelt letter from Tommy Wallace, the stepbrother of Ivy Lake who died when she fell from a cliff fourteen months ago. The investigation is still open and it hasn’t been definitively decided if she committed suicide or was murdered. But Tommy’s stepmother is accusing him of killing Ivy… Continue reading Poisonous by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @MacmillanAudio
Angie Matthews is awakened in the middle of the night by an unexpected phone call. It’s from the hospital saying her husband was injured in a shooting at Ray’s Bar. She thinks that’s impossible because he’s in bed with her, isn’t he? Joyce Ketcher is awakened by pounding on her front door, opening it to… Continue reading No Hiding in Boise by Kim Hooper @KimHooperWrites @Hillatious @DevonSorvari @SWillingWrites @Dreamscapeaudio
Henley Evans is a marketing manager for SeaQuest, a Seattle-based cruise line. She’s smart, talented and creative but is stagnating in her job. When an opportunity arises for a promotion where she’s considered the leading candidate, her excitement is dashed when she learns that Graeme Crawford-Collins, the man who manages their social media remotely from… Continue reading Shipped by Angie Hockman @Angie_Hockman @InesActs @SimonAudio
I debated about even posting this review but since I post everything I review on Goodreads, that drove my decision. Eve Renner receives a mysterious call from her friend Roy Kajak in the middle of the night, asking her to meet him at his uncle’s cabin. She leaves her boyfriend Cole Dennis behind and… Continue reading Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
Kate Burkholder and her live-in love, John Tomasetti, are having dinner with her sister, brother and their families for the first time in years. However, they’re interrupted when alerts are sounded for a coming tornado. When it’s over, Kate and her team are out in the community assisting with the injured and rescue. The place… Continue reading After the Storm by Linda Castillo
Investigative reporter Maxine (Max) Revere is covering the trial of murderer Adam Bachman for her network. She’s the host of Maximum Exposure and this is a different role from that. Bachman is charged with the murders of five people and the evidence is irrefutable, however Max believes not only are there more but he didn’t… Continue reading Compulsion by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @MacmillanAudio
Meet the Adler family of Portland Oregon. Thomas is a successful (fairly) real estate agent who often uses wife Vivian (Viv) to stage his listings. Son Eli is a soccer athlete enrolled in his first year of college and is home for the holidays. Daughter Tarryn is a junior in high school who has a… Continue reading The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding @rhardingwriter @campbell_cass @helloMLC @SimonAudio
I was surprised when television networks began promoting their plans for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as it’s hard to fathom that event happened that long ago. For most adults in this country, we vividly remember where we were the day the towers fell, the Pentagon was attacked and those brave souls on Flight 93… Continue reading The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg @SimonAudio
Chloe Sevre is a new honors freshman just arriving at John Adams University (fictional) in Washington DC. She orchestrated getting into the school for the express purpose of being near Will Bachman, a young man from her junior high school days who she plans to kill. You see, Chloe is one of seven students participating… Continue reading Blog Tour: Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian @vera_kurian @brit_pressley @HarlequinBooks
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